Farmers Son Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G Bm Am D

Verse

 I didn't Amknow you, I never Dknew you,

 Now I'm Cnever gonna see you aGgain.

 An aAmcquaintance all my Dchildhood years

 I could Cnever call you a Gfriend.

 I was Amafraid that I might beCcome you,

 I was Amafraid you might aAmppear

 As a Amweight upon my Dchest at night

 And a Cwhisper in my Gear.

Chorus

 O the Gwatershed I Bmbuilt

 And wept eAmnough that I could Dfill it,

 So the Gground beneath Bmmy feet would yield

 EAmnough that I could Dheal it.

 I'm Amgonna get it back, Dgonna get better,

AmGonna get it fixed, gonna Dburn that letter,

DI don't know what's coming but I'll Dtake it,

 Whatever now. G

For I was born to another vocation,

I was born in another era,

I wasn't born that I should live my life

Beneath your failure and fear.

Every night the storm grew closer,

Every day the fire drew near,

When they'd meet upon this acre

And I prayed it'd up and disappear.

Chorus

You didn't know it, you didn't see me,

As you went about your work.

I was hiding in the pantry,

I was practicing the shirk.

By the time my shoulders straightened up

And my hands were strong enough,

You couldn't lift an arm against her,

You were too ill for that kind of stuff.

O the watershed I built

And wept enough that I could fill it,

So the ground beneath my feet would yield

Enough that I could heal it.

Women don't see it when they're with the wrong fella,

Women don't see it cos you know they don't wanna

Women don't see it when they're with the wrong fella,

Women don't see it cos you know they don't wanna,

I could see it coming but I know

It doesn't matter now.